gaming computer

[capt_ka]

i am building this computer for gaming like hl2 and bf2 and i wanna make sure its worth it and everything is compatible. post comments----

Rosewill 400W ATX with P4 support Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147006 $52.99

ASUS 90-M9L0L1-G0UAYZ Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce4 Extended
ATX Motherboard/VGA Set - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131535 $215.00

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Newcastle 800MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache
Socket 754 Processor
- Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103483 $193.00

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR
400 (PC 3200) System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145505 $97.00

ATI 100-435500 Radeon X800XL 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express
x16 Video Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102509 $295.00

Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache
Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106 $55.00

ViewSonic E70F+SB Metallic on Black 17" CRT Monitor 0.25mm
diagonal Dot Pitch 15-pin mini D-sub - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116254 $129.99

LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-
ROM 2M Cache IDE Combo Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=27-106-979&depa=1 $33.99

NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model FD1231H-302
- OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=21-152-005&depa=0 $8.49

 

[billybobjoe]

everything should work and good job for getting amd i have an intel and it sucks

 

[Bunchofstuff]

You might wanna go for socket 939

 

[spacedude89]

yes deffenetly socket 939, or wait for the new amd socket. M or something

 

[capt_ka]

Can I Keep The Motherboard That I Have And Just Change The Socket?

 

[elmarcorulz]

as suggested, go to skt 939. and no, you WILL need to upgrade the motherboard to skt 939 aswell as the cpu

 

[Geoff]

I think for that price motherboard it should have 4 memory slots, and SLI. And an 80GB hard drive is not enough if you want to play many games (consider at least 120GB). I would also go with a socket 939, and a more powerfull better brand psu, besides that, its not bad.

 

[capt_ka]

HOW IS THIS?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103502

 

[capt_ka]

is the processor above better becuase it is socket 939 and not 754?

 

[drunkbum222]

Yes thats why. Its just helps because its newer and most things will be 939 socket so it helps in building i belive.

 

[ripken2004]

get the 3200 with the venice core

 

[capt_ka]

so i should go with the new mobo and cpu.

 

[capt_ka]

3200 venice cord?

why was the first mobo i chose more expensive than the socket 939 one?

 

[Praetor]

why was the first mobo i chose more expensive than the socket 939 one?

Because they decided to overcharge it. Actually it's prolly cuz its an nForce4 socket754 board

 

[ripken2004]

the is the 3200 venice
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535

 

[capt_ka]

ok i am going to take your word for it. but why is this better?

 

[ripken2004]

its newer and the core design is much better, much better memory controller and runs cooler and overclock better

 

[Bunchofstuff]

is the processor above better becuase it is socket 939 and not 754?

Socket 939 is newer and more upgradeable than s754

 

[capt_ka]

ok so this is what i have so far. any more suggestions?

Rosewill 400W ATX with P4 support Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811147006

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103535

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145505

ATI 100-435500 Radeon X800XL 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102509

Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106

ViewSonic E70F+SB Metallic on Black 17" CRT Monitor 0.25mm diagonal Dot Pitch 15-pin mini D-sub - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824116254

LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE Combo Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=27-106-979&depa=1

NEC Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model FD1231H-302
- OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=21-152-005&depa=0

 

[ripken2004]

looks good to me, psu might not be enough but dont take my word for it